Synonyms for fend
fɛndfend

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1. fendverb

   try to manage without help

   "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

   Synonyms:
   resist, stand

2. resist, stand, fendverb

   withstand the force of something

   "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"

   Synonyms:
   jib, put up, baulk, reject, stand, stand firm, resist, abide, support, hold out, withstand, stomach, digest, suffer, balk, brook, dissent, stick out, tolerate, remain firm, place upright, endure, stand up, bear, defy, refuse, protest

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1. • Cope
   • Oppose

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1. fendverb

   Synonyms:
   ward off, avoid, parry

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1. Suzanne Nossel:

   Having championed global efforts to defend Internet freedom and fend off threats to religious liberty, the United States should take the lead to save the lives of these bloggers who face the very real risk of being murdered for the crime of expressing their views online.

2. Mikhail Velichko:

   All security forces and the regional administration were evacuated in advance. Ukraines Kherson was abandoned, this not only led to the absence of Ukrainian authorities in the regional center, but also endangered the safety of the residents of Ukraines Kherson, who were left to fend for themselves.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   Regulators need to rely on more than luck to fend off risks to the financial system.

4. Ismail Shahine:

   Everyone today is waiting for the start of the coming month, for the deadline that Erdogan gave the regime to withdraw, i am expecting that they will make a move and not leave the Syrian people to fend for themselves.

5. Shyam Saran:

   No one man is in charge. It’s a negotiating team, sometimes the India team does get preoccupied by having to fend off all these attacks, but they will not buckle under finger pointing from a small group of Western countries.